A prairie-style home set on 1.5 acres in Verona’s Moraine Highland sold for $1.57 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Madison, Wisconsin metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. The five leading sales RealtyWire tracked across the metro area that week combined for $6.25 million.
Verona holds the top two closings, and the rest of the list runs out to Belleville, Sun Prairie and Columbus. Between them the sales take in an architect-designed home from the mid-1990s, a custom build in The Woods at Watch Hill, a log-sided ranch on 3.5 wooded acres, a 2022 house in Windsor Gardens and a just-completed home in Drumlin Creek.
No. 1 — $1,565,500 · 7672 Leta Way, Verona, Wisconsin
A prairie-style house on a curated acre and a half in Verona’s Moraine Highland took the highest reported price in the Madison metro area for the week. The home at 7672 Leta Way sold for $1,565,500, and the sale closed on August 11, 2026. It stands within walking distance of the Ice Age Trail, with panoramic long-distance views from the property.
Listing materials identify Ed Linville as the architect of the 1995 residence and place it in the Middleton-Cross Plains School District. The five-bedroom house carries a reported 5,028 square feet and four bathrooms, and its updated interior centers on an expansive open-concept kitchen that serves both everyday use and entertaining. Outside, the grounds combine natural prairie, professional landscaping, organic vegetable gardens and mature trees for privacy. An attached two-car garage and a separate detached four-car garage serve the property.
Joel Hinsey of Stark Company, Realtors was the listing agent. The $1,565,500 closing put Hinsey on the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported anywhere in the Madison metro area that week, No. 1 in RealtyWire’s weekly Madison Metro Area Top 5, and the house went under contract 5 days after the current listing date. The property previously changed hands for $785,000 in 2021. Melissa LeGrand of @properties-elleven Christie’s International represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,350,000 · 3167 Woodhill Cir, Verona, Wisconsin
A custom-built house in The Woods at Watch Hill changed hands for $1,350,000, the second-highest reported price in the metro area for the week. The sale closed on August 10, 2026.
Finished in 2017, the house at 3167 Woodhill Cir holds five bedrooms and four bathrooms across a reported 4,325 square feet, at the end of a private cul-de-sac on a lightly wooded lot of more than two acres. The main level pairs a vaulted great room with a sunny primary bedroom, a chef’s kitchen, a dining room, a home office, a second bedroom, a full bath and roomy laundry and mudrooms, and a screen porch runs along the rear of the house facing the trees. The lower level works as a home of its own, with two to three further bedrooms and a large family room with a fireplace and a walkout to the backyard. The property is served by Verona schools.
Mary Whitcomb and Maddie Richgels of Compass Real Estate Wisconsin were the listing agents. Their listing went under contract 13 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Madison Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Stacy Ozanne of First Weber, Inc represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,290,000 · N8253 County Road X, Belleville, Wisconsin
A custom ranch tucked behind 3.5 tree-surrounded acres near Belleville sold for $1,290,000, the third-highest reported price in the metro area for the week, with the closing recorded August 10, 2026.
Built in 2023, the house at N8253 County Road X carries a reported 5,134 square feet with four bedrooms and three bathrooms behind a low-maintenance manufactured log exterior. Vaulted wood ceilings, a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and smart drapes anchor the great room, while the kitchen is fitted with custom hickory cabinetry, quartz countertops, an induction cooktop, double smart ovens, a large island and a walk-in pantry. A coffee and wine bar with matching hickory cabinets makes a sitting area looking out over the backyard, and the tray-ceiling primary suite adds his-and-hers walk-in closets, patio access, a jacuzzi tub, a tiled shower and a solar tube. The partly finished basement holds a rec room, a family room, a den, a workout area and a full bath, and the backyard is built out with a 20-by-45-foot heated saltwater pool with a slide and diving board, a gazebo, a fire pit and raspberry bushes.
Brandon Grosse of Accord Realty was the listing agent. Grosse’s listing went under contract 23 days after the current listing date, and the sale ranks No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Madison Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Katie Lichtie of NextHome Metro represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,060,000 · 6612 Florance Ruth Ln, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Recent construction took the fourth-highest reported price in the metro area. The house at 6612 Florance Ruth Ln, on a cul-de-sac in the Windsor Gardens subdivision in Sun Prairie, sold for $1,060,000, with the closing recorded August 14, 2026.
Completed in December 2022, the five-bedroom house carries a reported 3,976 square feet with three bathrooms, three heating zones and a three-car heated garage. An open-concept floor plan takes in two built-in electric fireplaces and a kitchen fitted with Cafe appliances, while the primary suite has a private balcony, two walk-in closets, a soaker tub and a steam shower. Landscaping and a sprinkler system finish the grounds.
Alicia B Navarrete and Fabian Alamilla of Fathom Realty, LLC were the listing agents. The $1,060,000 closing placed them on the listing side of the No. 4 sale in RealtyWire’s Madison Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Amy Reuter of Sprinkman Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $984,000 · 1636 Fissure Trl, Columbus, Wisconsin
The fifth-highest reported price in the metro area went to a newly completed house in the Drumlin Creek subdivision in Columbus. The home at 1636 Fissure Trl, a plan named The Jewel, changed hands for $984,000, with the closing recorded August 14, 2026.
Finished this year on a 0.69-acre lot, the three-bedroom house carries a reported 2,833 square feet under 13-foot vaulted ceilings, with trimless Andersen windows and an open-concept design. Amish-crafted cabinetry, custom hardware and a walk-in pantry fit out the kitchen, a four-season room sits off the main rooms, and a further main-floor room can serve as an office or bonus room. The primary suite has a fully tiled walk-in shower with dual shower heads, and the house adds zero-entry access, dual-zone HVAC, a composite deck, an insulated three-car garage and LP SmartSide board-and-batten siding with stone accents.
Ashley Jacobs of Real Broker LLC was the listing agent. Jacobs’s listing closed at its full asking price and ranks No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Madison Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Yoo Realty Group of Real Broker LLC represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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